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From: Manfred Riem <15701806+mnriem@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:32:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: weave harness/SDLC framing into landing page
Reframe the docs landing hero and "Make it your own" pillar to inject
the "harness" and "SDLC" framing while keeping SDD front and center:
- Hero: describe Spec Kit as an extensible, intent-driven harness that
pushes any coding agent beyond code, across the SDLC or any business
process; tagline now contrasts step-by-step vs automated-workflow runs.
- "Make it your own": explain the process lives in swappable building
blocks (not locked to SDD or even software) and add a real non-software
preset (Fiction Book Writing) to back the broadened scope.
- Community blurb: drop "development" so "entirely new processes" matches
the wider positioning.
Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot (model: Claude Opus 4.8, supervised)
Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: 1cf71797-ac0d-4a5e-8266-784906933b54
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diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
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# GitHub Spec Kit
-**Spec-Driven Development or your own process — with any AI coding agent.**
+**Spec-Driven Development or your own process — step by step or as an automated workflow.**
-Spec Kit is an extensible, knowledge-driven toolkit for AI-assisted software development. Use it for [Spec-Driven Development](concepts/sdd.md) (SDD) — describing _what_ to build and refining it through structured phases — or shape a process that fits how your team works, with intent at the center.
+Spec Kit is an extensible, intent-driven harness that pushes any coding agent beyond code, guiding it across your SDLC or any business process. Use it for [Spec-Driven Development](concepts/sdd.md) (SDD), where you describe _what_ to build and refine it through structured phases. Run it step by step, automate it end to end, or shape a process of your own, keeping intent at the center.
Install Spec Kit
Quick Start
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ Run `specify init` with your agent of choice and Spec Kit sets up the right comm
### Make it your own
-138 community extensions (70+ authors), 25 presets, and growing. Tune the core process with presets, extend it with extensions, orchestrate it with workflows, and package it all up as bundles you can share — or replace the process entirely.
+138 community extensions (70+ authors), 25 presets, and growing. Tune the core process with presets, extend it with extensions, orchestrate it with workflows, and package it all up as bundles you can share — or replace the process entirely. The process itself lives in these building blocks, so you're never locked to SDD, or even to software.
-Including entirely different SDD processes:
+Including entirely different processes:
- **AIDE** — 7-step AI-driven engineering lifecycle
- **Canon** — baseline-driven workflows (spec-first, code-first, spec-drift)
- **Product Forge** — product-management-oriented SDD
- **FX→.NET** — end-to-end .NET Framework migration across 7 phases
- **MAQA** — multi-agent orchestration with quality assurance gates
+- **Fiction Book Writing** — novels and long-form fiction, from story bible to submission
Presets →
Extensions →
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ Community extensions like CI Guard and Architecture Guard add compliance gates a
## Built by the community
-**240+ contributors** power the Spec Kit ecosystem — from core integrations to entirely new development processes. Anyone can create and publish an extension, preset, or workflow.
+**240+ contributors** power the Spec Kit ecosystem — from core integrations to entirely new processes. Anyone can create and publish an extension, preset, or workflow.